David Williams
CEO And Founder at NSK Tech Global
Newcastle-Maitland, New South Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDavid Williams is a veteran IT leader and founder with over 30 years of hands-on experience transforming technology landscapes, building high-performance teams, and delivering large-scale data and cloud platforms. As CEO and founder of Data Excellence and former Head of Engineering for data and BI at Damstra, he has led Snowflake- and multi-cloud data lake implementations, driven M&A integrations, and turned fragmented systems into actionable enterprise intelligence. He pairs deep technical know-how across AWS, Azure, SQL Server, Snowflake and C# with commercial acumen developed in senior CIO/CTO roles across retail, healthcare, mining and services. A prolific writer and mentor—SolarWinds’ 2021 IT Mentor of the Year—he has thousands of published articles and long-standing editorial roles that sharpen his ability to translate technical strategy for executives. Known for pragmatic, security-conscious delivery, he also brings an uncommon background as a licensed private investigator and educator, which contributes to his investigative rigor and clear communication.
8 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BCompSc Computer Science, BCompSc Computer Science at University of NewcastleCertificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training Workplace training and assessment, Certificate IV in Workplace Assessment and Training Workplace training and assessment at SermacsCertificate IV in Investigations Investigations, Certificate IV in Investigations Investigations at Australian School of Security and Investigations (ASSI)
English
Stackoverflow
834reputation
307kreached
14answers
7questions
Github Skills (79)
group-policy10
digitalocean10
powershell-module10
gpo10
spread10
osc10
javascript9
powershell9
python9
npm-package9
policies9
github8
thunderbird7
win647
snowflake7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
davidmwilliams/SecurityExplorer
May 2020 - Aug 2021
Windows Explorer-based interface for viewing file and folder security
Contributions:16 commits, 4 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 3 months
windowssecuritywindows-7win64explorer
davidmwilliams/sysadmin-scripts
Dec 2019 - Aug 2022
Useful scripts for systems administrators
Contributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 7 months
unicornsscriptscriptingbashthunderbird
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